Performance by The Electric Golem

PART I

PART II

Technomusia is a program of the Science, Technology and Society B.S. Program at Morrisville State College, State University of New York (SUNY) designed to bring greater awareness to the public of the intersections between high technology and cultural expressions through music.

1pm – 2pm and 2pm - 3pm: “Master
Class” sessions , wherein our musical guests will individually
explain their instruments, discuss how they came to engage in
electronic music, and give brief performances to demonstrate
how electronic technologies have allowed them to compose and
perform in new and unique ways. Location: MSC Student Activities Center Theater

3:30pm – 5:00pm: Panel Discussion, whereupon
broader questions will be addressed about how science and technology
have influenced the cultural production, distribution and consumption
of music in modern times. Topics will include: the invention
of the Moog synthesizer, the ethics of sampling and file sharing,
and the relationship of music to nature and mathematics, for
example, to Phi (or the Golden ratio). Location: MSC Student Activities Center Theater

7:00pm – 9:00pm: Performances, including performances from The Electric Golem and Futureman; an improvisational group performance is possible as well.Location: MSC Student Activities Center Theater

MORE VIDEO OF OUR FEATURED GUESTS

Trevor
Pinch is Professor of Science and Technology Studies
and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He works mainly
in the fields of sociology of science, sociology of technology, sociology
of economics, and sound studies. Recent books include Dr Golem:
How To Think About Medicine (with Harry Collins, Chicago University
Press, 2005) and Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology
Meets Science and Technology Studies (edited with Richard Swedberg,
MIT Press, 2008). He is the editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook
of Sound Studies (with Karin Bijsterveld, Oxford University Press,
2011).
He is a member of The Electric Golem, an experimental synthesizer duo, also featuring Ithaca-area artist James Spitznagel. They have recently released a CD on Ricochet Records (Berlin) and have a second release on the way. Pinch has built his own analog synthesizer and also plays a 1970s-era Moog synthesizer with the project. He co-authored, with Frank Trocco, Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer (Harvard University Press, 2002).

Roy “Futureman” Wooten is a five-time Grammy Award-winning, American musician. Internationally known as the inventor of the Drumitar and percussionist/founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, he has reached unprecedented heights within the possibilities of percussion and composition. Whether playing traditional drums with a jazz combo, conducting his own symphony, or performing with the Flecktones, Futureman continues to reinvent and fascinate audiences and peers alike with each recent development in his mysterious world of creation. He is the second eldest of the Wooten Brothers (five brothers known for playing their respective instruments with paralyzing skill). As young children they began playing in the front yard for passers by and eventually went on to join the Arista Records roster and open for such acts as WAR, Curtis Mayfield, the Temptations, and Stephanie Mills. Futureman is the drummer of the bunch, but his insatiable thirst for innovation, technology, and exploration eventually resulted in the advent of the Drumitar, an instrument of his own invention which incorporates MIDI, trigger pads, and drum samples.